Insult

Evelyn Jones

The atmosphere suddenly tenses up, and whispers erupt in the office. What in the crazy world is going on right now? They're distracting my attention, and I'm going to lose it if they don't shut their mouth now.

I raise my head to check out where exactly the sounds are coming from, and I shake my head unbelievably, seeing my female colleagues adjusting their clothes. I hope they're not doing this because of the new so-called CEO. Oh, God! Can the time be fast-forwarded so I can leave this damn place and go home?

"Can you all please focus, huh? I'm doing some work here, and for the love of God, you're damn disturbing me," I slam my hands on the desk frustratingly, closing my eyes. Can this day be any good? First, it was that idiot from the traffic jam, and now these my annoying colleagues? Oh, heaven please save me, lead me not into frustration.

Someone nudges my arm, and I snap my eyes open to yell at whoever it is to leave me the hell alone, but I compose myself when I see that the person is Mr. Liam. Thank goodness he's here, I need him to call these fools to order. Can you imagine the nonsense?

"Oh, it's a good thing you're here, Mr. Liam. Can you please tell these silly workers of yours to focus on their work and stop fooling around, huh?" I snap angrily, turning to face him.

"Eve!" He calls sternly and tilts his head to his right-hand side. Looking in the direction, my eyes almost pop out of their sockets at the person that I see. Standing there is the famous businessman and my role model, Jayden Turner. What's he doing here?

I have seen him a couple of times on TV, and I have always liked him. He has always been my inspiration, and I have always looked forward to the day that I'll meet him. I can't believe that my role model is standing before me, he's more handsome in person than on TV.

Still admiring him, I stop abruptly to think. Now that I take a close look at him, he looks familiar. Wait! He was the idiot that pissed me off this morning. Gosh! How could I not have noticed this? But what is he doing here?

"Have we met before?" He asks me, and my eyes widen in shock.

"No, we haven't," I reply to him like the gentle lady I'm not. As much as I'm pissed at him for doing that shit earlier, I can't bring myself to insult my role model. If it were to be someone else, maybe the case would've been different now. He stares at me for seconds, with that expression on his face that shows that he doesn't believe me a bit. He turns his attention from me anyway, and I sigh briefly.

"Hello everyone, meet the new CEO, Mr. Jayden Turner. He'll be taking over the company from his dad, and henceforth, will be our CEO." Mr. Liam finally introduce him to us, and my eyes almost fall out of their sockets unbelievably. How's this even possible? I have been hearing rumors about Mr. Turner's son being an arrogant jerk, and I never imagined that he'll be someone I have known before. What the heck is going on now? Sorry, but this is a big turn-off for me, and I don't think I'm going to favorite him again, not after what he did today.

"You're welcome, Sir," Most of my female colleagues squeak in excitement while giving him a seductive look. Imagine nonsense.

"A lot of things are messed up here, so I'm going to start all over again and set up the company the way I want it to be," He utters in a calm, but cold voice. Normally, he was supposed to at least say a word of greetings to us, but it seems like he's what he was rumored to be.

"A screening is going to be done on each staff, so I'll know who's worthy of staying here, and who's not. I wouldn't want to have many workers here that are not even worth being a cleaner here. Do you all get it?" He further says, and I scoff. Now, this is getting more annoying. For the love of peace, all the workers here were interviewed before we were accepted to work here, why the heck would he insult us in this manner?

"Yes, Sir," They reply to him.

"What's your name?" He finally turns his attention to me after my colleagues are done introducing themselves.

"I'm Evelyn Jones. The head of the marketing department," I reply to him.

"That'll be all for today. Get to work, all of you. Evelyn, meet me in my office," and with that, he turns around and ambles out with Mr. Liam...

Later in his office...

"I presume that you were taught at home that lying isn't a good thing to do, and even if you were not, I guess it's in the company's rule and regulations not to tell lies," He says calmly, not sparing me a glance. His attention is all on his desktop as his hands move the mouse slowly. Maybe he's doing something on the computer, I don't know.

"Huh?" I bat my eyes confusingly.

"Don't you think telling lies has so much negative effect on the company's image?" He asks again, as he finally reclines on the chair, turning his attention to me. Now, I'm getting more confused.

"What do you..."

"You're the one that insulted me this morning, why did you deny it?" He finally asks, and I grunt inwardly.

"What would you have me do, sir? It was your fault that you poked your nose into the business that was not meant to be yours, right?" Exactly what I want to tell him, but I love this job and don't want to get sacked.

"Forgive me, Sir..."

"You should work on your character and manners, Eve. These ill manners won't take you far. You may leave now," As if nothing happened, he turns his attention to the desktop. This is the worst insult of my life. How dare he!